VENUE/ENDROIT-Université Laval
Pavillon de L’Education Physique et des Sports (PEPS)
2300 Rue de la Terrasse
Quebec, QC
G1V 0A6
(418) 656-2131
ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for the University/College Badminton Championship – Team Event, all athletes must meet the following requirements:
Must be a student who is registered for and pursuing a full-time course of study at a Canadian post-secondary institution. Post-secondary institutions include community colleges, professional schools, technical, schools, CEGEP and Universities.
Students who were full time students and completed their studies in the semester preceding the date of the competition will also be eligible
Must be able to confirm their full-time student status with an authorized document from the registrar of their institution, year of the event.
Must not have played in any badminton championship restricted to another country within one calendar year of the date of the event
Adult competitors must sign a waiver form prior to the start of play.
Waiver forms for minors, must be signed by a parent or guardian prior to the start of play

TOURNAMENT FEE
Team Entry Fee-$200
Single Tournament Entry Fee-$125
Entry Fees Include-
1. All shuttles during tournament play
2. Participation in up to three events: singles, doubles and mixed
3. Social event: TBD
a. Free for all players, referees and Umpires
b. $25 for all other individuals wishing to attend
4. Payment and documentation is required at time of on-line registration.

WITHDRAWAL POLICY
Refunds are provided less a 25% administration fee to entrants who withdraw prior to the entry deadline of the event.
After the deadline, but prior to the draws being made, refunds are provided less a 50% administrative fee.
Refunds will not be provided after the draws are made.
Full refunds will be made for injuries that make it impossible for an athlete to compete provided documentation from a doctor is provided.

ENTRY DEADLINE:
The tournament entry deadline is Friday, February 9th, 2018 at 11:59pm EST.
Each player must complete their entry online
Unpaid entries will not be included in the draws.
Entries received via mail, fax or regular email will not be accepted.
Late entries will be accepted until February 16th with an additional fee of 50$

POOL PLAY:
If there are more than 5 teams, they will be divided into two pools for round robin play with the top 2 seeded teams in opposite pools. The round robin play will be followed by knockout play-offs. If there are 5 teams or less there will be one round robin pool with no play-offs.
Two academic institutions cannot combine to make one Team to participate in the Team Event
Teams will be seeded based on the USport national rankings. If the rankings are unavailable, the seeding will be done by a committee of USport coaches, administrators and a BCAN representative.
Teams from the same province will be separated into opposite pools. If there are more than two teams from the same province, the top 2 teams (based on their provincial rankings or if there are no provincial rankings the USport national rankings) from that province will be put in opposite pools.
In the knockout round, the top two teams in each pool will progress to a crossover semi- final, (Pool A #1 vs. Pool B #2 and Pool B #1 vs. Pool A #2) with the winners playing each other for 1st and 2nd place and the losers playing for the 3rd and 4th place. If there are 8 teams the bottom two teams from each of the pools will have a crossover semi-final with the same format to determine 5th through 8th place. If there are less than 8 teams the third-place teams from each pool will play off for 5th and 6th place.
The tie break process for pool play will be as follows:
a) If two teams have won the same number of ties, the team that won the head-to-head tie will be ranked higher
b) If three teams are tied the teams will be ranked in order of total matches won
c) If there is still a tie teams will be ranked by the difference in total games won against total games lost
d) If there is still a tie teams will be ranked by the difference in total points won against total points lost.
e) If there is still a tie the teams will be ranked by drawing lots.

TIES
Each tie between teams will consist of 5 matches, 1 Men's Singles, 1 Women's Singles, 1 Men's Doubles, 1 Women's Doubles and 1 Mixed Doubles. A minimum of 3 matches will be played in a tie (2 teams with 6 players).
During pool play all 5 matches of the tie shall be played. In the play-off rounds, ties will be stopped when one team has won 3 matches.
No player shall play in more than one match per tie.
Teams consisting of 6 or 7 players must forfeit one match in the tie. Ties consisting of 2 teams of less than 8 players can agree to default the same match, or each forfeit a match of their choice
The line-up for a tie must be submitted by the team manager to the referee 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the first match.
The order of play for the matches will be determined by the Coaches through a flip of coin. The Coach who wins the coin toss will select the first discipline to be played. The opposing Coach will then select the second discipline to be played. The Coaches then alternate choices until the order for all five disciplines is established.
BWF scoring rules apply for all matches
During play-off rounds, ties will be stopped when one team has won 3 matches. In pool play, all 5 matches of the tie shall be played if possible

WAIVER OF RIGHTS
I hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, waive and release any and all claims for damages I may have against Badminton Canada, any of it's member organizations, the host venue, and their respective agents, members of staff, for any and all injuries which may be suffered by me, through accident or negligence, in conjunction with my competition and attendance at all related activities of this event. I accept the above terms from the time of online entry until the completion of the tournament.